Polk City is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,979 people and six associated neighborhoods, Polk City is the 353rd largest community in Florida. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Polk City, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Polk City, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Polk City’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Polk City does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $69,886.00.

Also of interest is that Polk City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Polk City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Polk City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Polk City, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.78 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Polk City is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The population of Polk City overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Polk City, 22.80% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Polk City in 2018 was $36,062, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $144,248 for a family of four. However, Polk City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Polk City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Polk City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Polk City residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Polk City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.65% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Polk City include Irish, English, German, Brazilian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Polk City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Japanese.